I need it put in layman's terms. I kinda get the meaning but it's like I'm on the very brink of understanding it. Here goes.
ONTOGENY RECAPITULATES PHYLOGENY
Please- only serious answers. Thanks!
2006-09-05 03:53:02 · 2 answers · asked by Coo coo achoo 6 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, is a theory in biology which attempts to explain apparent similarities between humans and other animals. First espoused in 1866 by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, the theory has been discredited in its absolute form, although recognized as being partly accurate. In biology, ontogeny is the embryonal development process of a certain species, and phylogeny a species' evolutionary history. Observers have noted various connections between phylogeny and ontogeny, explained them with evolutionary theory and taken them as supporting evidence for that theory.
2006-09-05 03:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Pinhead hurts!!!! I'M SERIOUS!
2006-09-05 11:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋